Acting

Joe Ohara

Born 1903-12-10

Acting credits

Shinzōyaburi no oka poster
NR

A moving story depicting the spirit of a young marathon runner who set a new world record in Boston, encouraged by the love of his family, a young woman’s prayers, and warm friendship.

Shinzōyaburi no oka

1954

Gamera vs. Barugon poster
6.4

Gamera escapes from his rocket enclosure and makes his way back to Earth as a giant opal from New Guinea is brought back to Japan. The opal is discovered to have been an egg that births a new monster called Barugon. The creature attacks the city of Osaka by emitting a destructive rainbow ray from his back, along with a freezing spray capable of incapacitating Gamera.

Gamera vs. Barugon

1966

Tokoharu jamono poster
NR

Two barbers have fallen for each other, but their fathers are both stubborn, and, on top of that, they’re old rivals from the past.

Tokoharu jamono

1953

Sutekina 16-sai poster
NR

1962 Japanese movie

Sutekina 16-sai

1962

Their Legacy poster
10.0

Heitaro, who had served his firm loyally for 30 years, reaches the retirement age. He has four unmarried daughters and decides to split his retirement allowance he has received from his firm into 500,000 yen for each daughter as a wedding dowry. He considers them all old enough to handle the money, and gives them a free hand to use it as they wish.

Their Legacy

1962

Zoku bakurō ichidai poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Zoku bakurō ichidai

1952

Kyūjō hiroba poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Kyūjō hiroba

1951

The Telephone Rings in the Evening poster
NR

In a peaceful town near the Seto Inland Sea, a threatening letter arrives along with the ringing of a telephone... A thriller-comedy that sets this stagnant town ablaze.

The Telephone Rings in the Evening

1959

Rakka no mon poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Rakka no mon

1954

Tenraku no shishū poster
NR

The story of a young police officer who risks his career to save the soul of a woman who curses societal evils and chooses the path of self-destruction.

Tenraku no shishū

1950

The Straits of Love and Hate poster
7.4

A servant girl is seduced and abandoned by her lover, a man from a higher social class, forcing her to navigate a harsh world as an itinerant performer to survive and raise their child.

The Straits of Love and Hate

1937

A Grain of Wheat poster
NR

The film depicts a group of boys and girls who graduate from a local junior high school and head to Tokyo to find employment, and the teachers who watch over them. Co-written by newcomer Shigeki Chiba and Kaneto Shindo, the film was directed by Kozaburo Yoshimura.

A Grain of Wheat

1958

The Water Magician poster
7.3

Taki no Shiraito is a very independent young woman with a famous water juggling act in a travelling carnival troupe. She falls in love with an orphaned carriage driver Kinya Murakoshi, and pledges to put him through law school in Tokyo. She always encloses money in her letters to him, until one hard winter there is no work to be found.

The Water Magician

1933

Advance Patrol poster
6.0

In 1905, Japan was seriously threatened in the Russo-Japanese War. Japan determined a decisive attack on Russia to end the war. A reconnaissance troop was organized to penetrate into the supreme headquarter of Russia in Tieling Mountain of China to find out the enemy's situation...

Advance Patrol

1957

The Scent of Pheasant’s Eye: An Episode from the Tales of Flowers poster
4.0

Mitsuo the Counselor's son marries writer Miyoko, however a tender romance blossoms between Miyoko and Mitsuo's sister Kaoru. When the family falls to bankruptcy, heartache ensues; Miyoko's illness worsens and she is sent to a sanatorium, separating the lovers. Based on a story from Tales of Flowers by Nobuko Yoshiya

The Scent of Pheasant’s Eye: An Episode from the Tales of Flowers

1935

Machi no uwasa mo sanjûgo nichi poster
NR

A bride suddenly disappears from the wedding venue, and her boyfriend begins searching for her. Things get hectic around the two of them.

Machi no uwasa mo sanjûgo nichi

1960

Ocean Floor Crime #1 poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ocean Floor Crime #1

1964

Back Stairways poster
NR

A young man named Kijima who works as a pianist in a small bar is surprised when one of the customers asks if he won't pretend to be the fiance of his sister. He is even more surprised when he is offered a million yen to play this apparently harmless role. Actually, it is anything but harmless. Both the customer and his sister are involved in a jewel robbery in which they have double-crossed two of their accomplices who are now out of prison and thirsting for revenge.

Back Stairways

1965

Shin fūfu dokuhon ren'ai-byō kanja poster
NR

1961 Japanese movie

Shin fūfu dokuhon ren'ai-byō kanja

1961

The Woman Champion poster
10.0

Fifth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

The Woman Champion

1968

Bury Me Deep poster
8.0

A suspense directed by Umetsugu Inoue, starring Ayako Wakao, depicting the intense lust created by the passion of a writhing woman.

Bury Me Deep

1963

Night Butterflies poster
6.5

A traditional bar mistress in Kyoto clashes with her Tokyo rival.

Night Butterflies

1957

Nenneko Shain poster
NR

A handsome and pure-hearted employee who thought he was single actually has a secret child. His girlfriend, a beautiful secretary, and the high-maintenance female manager suddenly panic, and the whole company is in an uproar.

Nenneko Shain

1956

Two Enemy Women Gamblers poster
10.0

Twelfth film in the long-running series Daiei Studio's Woman Gambler with Kyoko Enami starring where she plays the woman gambler Ogin.

Two Enemy Women Gamblers

1969